How Uganda is grappling with the fight against Ebola

Ebola outbreak in Uganda

A healthworker disinfects people's shoes at the Mubende hospital in Uganda on October 27, 2022. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP

Fighting deadly Ebola in rural Uganda has been hampered by belief in witchcraft or witchdoctors, ignorance, misconceptions and failure to observe hygiene protocols, Health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng explained.

Talking to the media on Friday, Dr Aceng said a village celebrity caught the virus, went to a bar where he interacted with revellers, and by the time the disease put him down, he had more than 40 contacts.